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Negation & Questions

na-/ne- negation, nist, question words and intonation
نه‌ـ / نمی‌ـ — negation of verb
na-/nami- verb negation
na- / nami-
نمی‌خورم = I don't eat; نخوردم = I didn't eat
نیستم / نیست — not to be
nistam / nist — I am not / is not
nistam / nist
Negative of هستم: نیستم = I am not
ندارم — I don't have
nadaaram — I don't have
nadaaram
Negative of دارم: ندارم = I don't have
نه‌ـ + ماضی: نخوردم
na- + past: I didn't eat
na-khordam
نخوردم = didn't eat; نرفتم = didn't go
چه — what
che — what
che
چه می‌خواهید؟ = What do you want?
کی — who
ki — who
ki
این کی است؟ = Who is this?
کجا — where
kojaa — where
kojaa
کجا می‌روید؟ = Where are you going?
کِی — when
key — when
key
کِی می‌آیید؟ = When are you coming?
چرا — why
cheraa — why
cheraa
چرا نمی‌آیید؟ = Why aren't you coming?
چطور / چقدر — how / how much
chetour / cheghadr — how / how much
chetour / cheghadr
چطورید؟ = How are you? چقدر؟ = How much?